Anyone working with projections in live theatre will be interested in our upcoming free public talk with Vancouver-based video and projection designer Candelario Andrade: he’ll be discussing his creative work for theatre and film, including collaborating with the likes of the National Arts Centre, The Globe, Electric Company, Neworld, Belfry, The Grand, Arts Club, Bard on The Beach and more.
Candelario Andrade on “Video & Projection Design for the Theatre” runs 12:30-1:50pm Wed, Oct 7, in the Chief Dan George Theatre at UVic’s Phoenix Building. This talk is free and open to all.
While at UVic, Andrade will also run a special workshop for students only on October 5, which is limited to just 40 participants. (The sign-up sheet is in the Department of Theatre.)
Candelario Andrade is a video editor & theatre designer born in Mexico & based in Vancouver. For over 15 years, Cande has worked on numerous professional productions as a projection & sound designer. Recent projection design credits include Eyes of the Beast (Neworld/UVic), Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer (Globe Theatre/Savage Society), Tomson Highway’s Rose (NAC Indigenous Theatre), Mejiro! Mejiro! Mejiro! (Cindy Mochizuki/Vancouver Art Gallery), Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project (Electric Company), Women of the Fur Trade (NAC, Native Earth, GCTC), You Used To Call Me Marie (NAC, Savage Society), Everyday She Rose (Ze Ze Theatre), Chochito Rey (Rumble Theatre), The Secret to Good Tea (NAC, Grand Theatre), Empty Handed (The Biting School) and Julius Caesar (Bard on the Beach).
As a video editor, Cande has worked on several animations and short films for Cindy Mochizuki, as well as other projects such as Goggles (Tara Cheyenne Performance), LOOPING (Company 605), Done/Undone (Bard on the Beach) plus shorts such as HAM, Common Law & a film about a uterus. When not in the theatre or editing video, Cande teaches projection design at Langara College’s Studio 58 as part of the Theatre Production Program.
Andrade’s projection design for Eyes of the Beast (photo: Hélène Cyr), created by Neworld Theatre in partnership with the Climate Disaster Project, which had its world premiere at UVic’s Phoenix Theatre in 2024